Mike Francis' Blog

A collection of tips from 20 years of coding

Publishing messages from Retool to Google Cloud Pub/Sub

Documenting my process of moving through major Laravel upgrades.

Thoughts about migrating this website from Next.js to Astro, and full stack development in general.

A common but key pattern to establish in product/operations/engineering teams

Learn how to use the popular cloud platform Vercel and the Cypress testing framework to automate away accessibility testing.

Personal reflections after half a year of being an Engineering Manager

A step-by-step walkthrough to replace React with Preact for smaller bundle sizes

Do you know your Password Manager can (probably) do a lot more than store passwords?

A whistle-stop tour of my interpretation of Technical Leadership, and the advice that got me to where I am today

I've come to learn that I do not fear it, and have come instead to love it

Getting started with feature toggles using Unleash - the popular, open-source feature toggle package

With the release of Next.js v9, API routes are easier than ever

Learn how to use the popular React framework with Tailwind CSS

Learn how to use the popular SSR React framework with the utility-driven Tailwind CSS framework

Detailed steps on how to override the default Bus in Laravel's Lumen 5.2

Learn how to use the popular React boilerplate app with the utility-driven Tailwind CSS framework

Presenting laravel-secureheaders, a Secure Headers wrapper for the Laravel framework

How to deal with the fallout of building a semi-successful product

How to develop/test on different versions of PHP using Laravel's Homestead

Learn how to spin up a Laravel site using HashiCorp's new Otto platform